As the United States approaches the celebration of its 250th anniversary, the nation is called not only to commemorate its founding but to reflect deeply on the individuals whose sacrifices transformed revolutionary ideals into lasting reality.
This milestone invites Americans to look beyond familiar names and battles and to recognize the global dimension of the struggle for independence. The American Revolution was not fought in isolation. It was part of a broader contest of ideas that crossed oceans, challenged monarchies, and reshaped the modern world.
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Harrison & Ferrari, RCD
The Pentagon just executed one of the most consequential management restructurings in recent Air Force history.
NDM
Army efforts to develop and field unmanned ground vehicles capable of taking over a range of battlefield missions have been underway for more than 20 years.
TWZ
The U.S. Army has been acquiring multiple versions of the LOCUST laser weapon system to bolster its ability to shoot down hostile drones.
Army Technology
The system countered drone swarms in the exercise and showed its launch, flight, intercept, and recovery capabilities.
George Kalergis, Modern War Institute
… speed, accuracy, and combat readiness—not as theory, but as a standard you can measure with a stopwatch.
John Maynard Keynes once wrote, “The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping from the old ones,” an apt depiction of the current discourse and debate of what the world will look like now that the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) treaty has expired. The passing of New START marks the end of treaties formally limiting strategic nuclear weapons between the United States and Russia.
Chinese commercial satellite imagery from the MizarVision satellite company has confirmed the deployment of a U.S. Army Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, which has increasingly emerged as the U.S. Armed Forces’ most prominent forward operating location as they have prepared for a possible resumption of high intensity hostilities with Iran. Commenting on the recent THAAD deployment, a senior Pentagon source observed: “Before any potential action against Iran, we need to bolster our defences.
U.S. Navy and Coast Guard units mounted a joint operation targeting the oil tanker Aquila II in international waters in the Indian Ocean on February 9, with the vessel boarded and commandeered by U.S. forces. The 274 metre ship and its 700,000 barrels of Venezuelan crude oil are expected to be appropriated by the United States without compensation paid to the owners. U.S.
Su-57 fifth generation fighters from the latest batch delivered to the Russian Aerospace Forces on February 9 have reportedly integrated a new passive sensor, the upgraded 101KS onboard optical-electronic self-defence system, which is heavily optimised for maximising situational awareness while maintaining the fighter’s stealth profile.The system uses a medium and long wave infrared sensor which can detect and track airborne targets by their heat signature, and is reportedly a significant improvement over the preceding passive sensor that had only optical, laser and ultraviolet channels.